Sure Start programme manager, Catherine Pickering, said: "We are delighted to be able to develop our partnership with Cromwell Road in order to meet our joint objectives of making reading enjoyable and accessible to all families."

Cromwell Road headteacher Brenda Urwin said of the £4,000 award: "It's enabled us to provide a greater variety of books and because they are nice and new, the children love to take them home. They are very enthusiastic."